Five of California’s 10 largest fires in modern history are all burning at once. Together, this year’s wildfires have already destroyed 4,200 buildings, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, and scorched more than 3.2 million acres…
U.S. Forest Service
Suppressing Fires Has Failed
Tagged with: California, California Wildfire Commission, controlled burns, Fire Suppression, mitigation, Stanford Woods Institute, U.S. Forest Service, wildfires
Posted in California, Editor's Choice, Pacific, West
Posted in California, Editor's Choice, Pacific, West
Public Lands Primer
Not all public lands are created equal. That is especially the case out West where almost half the land – 47 percent – is owned by Uncle Sam. Text by Ken Mirr Four or five years ago, I listed a…
Forest Service Adds Key Tract to Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Trust for Public Land sold the 990-acre Upper Gros Ventre River Ranch to the USFS for $3 million. The previous owner, former Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, donated the property to the trust. The ranch sits immediately north of the…
USDA Seeks to Restore 400,000 Acres Longleaf Pine Forest on Private Lands
Recognized as one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on earth, longleaf pine forests once totaled more than 90 million acres and extended from Southern Virginia to Central Florida and East Texas. Less than 4 million acres exist today. In…
Tagged with: America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative, Longleaf Alliance, longleaf pine forest, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service, US Department of Defense, US Fish and Wildlife, USDA
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Florida, News Desk, South, South Carolina, Timber, Virginia
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Florida, News Desk, South, South Carolina, Timber, Virginia
USFS Unveils Digital Maps for Smartphones and Tablets
The U.S. Forest Service is offering access to a trove of visitor maps for Android and iOS users on their mobile devices. The PDF Maps Mobile App, which was developed by Avenza Systems, is available as a free download from…
Tagged with: Digital Maps, U.S. Forest Service
Posted in Feature, Public Land, Regional News, States
Posted in Feature, Public Land, Regional News, States
Interior Department to Allow Firearms in Parks and Refuges
On Friday the Interior Department ruled that Americans will be able to carry concealed weapons in some federal parks and wildlife refuges. The announcement overturns a decades-old Reagan Administration regulation that required all guns brought into national parks and wildlife…
Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, firearms, Interior Department, National Park Service, NPS, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
Controversial Sale in North Dakota Badlands
BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2007 More than 5,000 acres of federal land in North Dakota’s Badlands could go up for sale. That’s up to Congress. The property is supposed to be offered as a unique offset to a purchase…
Tagged with: Badlands, Billings County, Blacktail Creek Ranch, Byron Dorgan, Congress, cradle of conservation, Elkhorn Ranch, Joseph Guinto, Little Missouri River, North Dakota, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, October 2007, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Topics
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, October 2007, Public Land, Recreation, Regional News, Topics
Bill May Force Landowners to Shoulder Firefighting Cost
When Smokey Bear says, “Only you can prevent forest fires,” he really means it. After several years of historic wildfires in the West that have strained firefighting budgets, burned thousands of acres, and destroyed homes, lawmakers in Washington and at…
Tagged with: GAO, Government Accountability Office, Harry Reid, Joseph Guinto, Mark Ray, U.S. Forest Service, USDA, USFS
Posted in Feature, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Residential Property, September 2007, Topics
Posted in Feature, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Residential Property, September 2007, Topics
ATV Riders Run Into Bump in Road
Whether you’re tearing it up in an off-road vehicle or all torn up about their impact on the land, you’ll probably want to know about the tongue-twisting new advocacy group known as Rangers for Responsible Recreation. The group, backed by…
Tagged with: ATV, Joseph Guinto, National Park Service, PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in August 2007, Feature, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
Posted in August 2007, Feature, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics
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